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TONY VITELLO |Head Coach

Tony Vitello (pronounced: VIE-tell-oh) accepted the position of head coach for the Tennessee Volunteers baseball program on June 7, 2017.

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Vitello arrived on Rocky Top following four seasons as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Arkansas. His rise to the head coaching ranks also included stops at Missouri (his alma mater) and TCU. He has earned a reputation as one of the elite recruiters on the college baseball landscape, having assembled eight top-15 signing classes--including America's top-rated crop of talent in 2014.

In November 2016, D1Baseball.com ranked Vitello No. 2, and tops in the SEC, on its list of the top 30 recruiting coordinators in America.

During a full-time, Division I coaching career spanning just 15 years, Vitello has signed and developed six first-round MLB Draft picks and a handful of players who advanced to the big leagues. That list includes Andrew Benintendi, Brandon Finnegan, Kyle Gibson, All-Star Aaron Crow, Gold Glove Award winner and four-time All-Star Ian Kinsler and five-time All-Star and three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer.

"This is as good of an opportunity as there is in the country," Vitello said after being hired. "I consider myself incredibly blessed to be a part of the athletic department at the University of Tennessee. It's the ultimate combination of an elite conference, a state school with great in-state players, a phenomenal city and outstanding tradition that exists not just with baseball, but across all sports.

"It's no coincidence that it's been a place where so many great coaches have been leaders in their sport. I want to work like crazy to uphold that standard."

Vitello already boasts the incredibly rare distinction of having mentored both a National Hitter of the Year (Benintendi) and National Pitcher of the Year (Crow). Benintendi won the 2015 Golden Spikes Award as America's top amateur baseball player after batting .376 with 20 home runs, 57 RBIs and 24 stolen bases. Crow--who Vitello shepherded during his tenure on staff at his alma mater, Missouri--claimed the 2008 Roger Clemens Award following a campaign in which he won 13 games, posted four shutouts, totaled 127 strikeouts and at one point threw 43 consecutive scoreless innings.

Crow became the highest MLB Draft pick in Mizzou history when the Washington Nationals selected him ninth overall that summer.

Benintendi--drafted seventh overall by the Boston Red Sox in 2015 and the recipient of a $3.6 million signing bonus--is a prime example of Vitello's abilities in player development. From his freshman to sophomore season, Benintendi improved his batting average by 100 points and hit 19 more home runs. En route to National Player of the Year honors in 2015, he became just the third player in SEC history to lead the league in home runs and batting average. Just 421 days after being drafted, Benintendi was promoted to the Majors.

In his first season at Tennessee, Vitello led the Vols to a 29-27 overall record and engineered an impressive turnaround from 2017 in SEC play. After winning just seven conference games in 2017, Vitello helped lead UT to 12 wins and three series victories in conference play, including a sweep of Alabama and series victories over ranked foes Texas A&M and Kentucky. Tennessee posted a 9-6 record at home in league play, which was the program's best since 2005.

UT's offensive numbers also saw a significant rise in Vitello's first season on Rocky Top as the Vols increased their season totals in runs, hits, home runs, extra-base hits, RBI, slugging percentage, walks and on-base percentage in 2018 despite losing their top two hitters from 2017.

Arkansas stood among the most competitive programs in the nation during Vitello's four seasons in Fayetteville, averaging nearly 38 wins per year, winning 40 or more games three times, appearing in three NCAA Tournaments and advancing to the 2015 College World Series. That 2015 squad set a school record with a stellar .975 team fielding percentage. This season, Arkansas belted an SEC-best 83 home runs en route to 45 wins.

Vitello coached 22 Razorbacks who were selected in four MLB Drafts.

Vitello's tenure with the Razorbacks was preceded by three seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at TCU (which was a member of the Mountain West in his first season [2011] before joining the Big 12). Prior to that, he was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Missouri (then a member of the Big 12) for eight years.

In his three years at TCU, Vitello lured some of the top players in the country to Fort Worth and helped the Horned Frogs to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Super Regional berth in 2012. The Horned Frogs started seven freshmen, recruited by Vitello, in the Super Regional at UCLA. His final recruiting class at TCU was ranked 17th in the country, and three student-athletes he signed also played for Team USA.

During Vitello's eight years at Mizzou, the Tigers made the postseason seven times. He served as the pitching coach, while also working with the team's hitters and serving as the first base coach. Vitello's 2008 Missouri recruiting class was ranked No. 11 nationally by Baseball America, and he had top-25 recruiting classes in three of his final four years in Columbia.

During his time as a Tiger assistant coach, Vitello recruited and developed 19 players who were drafted by major league teams, including major leaguers Kinsler, Scherzer, Crow, Gibson, Nick Tepesch, Doug Mathis and Justin James.

A three-year letterwinner at Missouri (2000-02), Vitello earned Academic All-Big 12 Conference honors as a senior and was named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll twice. Following his playing career and the completion of his management degree at MU, Vitello joined the Missouri coaching staff as a volunteer assistant in 2003 and completed his course work for his master's degree in Business. In 2004, he was elevated to full-time assistant coach.

Vitello served as the associate head coach for the Salinas Packers of the California Collegiate League in 2002. The Packers finished 50-14 and earned their first trip to the NBC World Series in Wichita, Kansas.

FRANK ANDERSON |ASSISTANT Coach

Frank Anderson joined the Tennessee coaching staff in June of 2017 after spending the previous five seasons as an assistant coach at Houston, where he helped lead the Cougars to three NCAA Tournaments, including an NCAA Super Regional in 2014. UH played in four consecutive American Athletic Conference Tournament championship games, taking home the title in 2014 and 2017.

Considered one of the premier pitching coaches in the country, Anderson brings a wealth of experience as both an assistant and a head coach at the NCAA Division I level. Prior to his successful stint as pitching coach at Houston, Anderson served as head coach for Oklahoma State for nine seasons (2004-12), leading the Cowboys to six NCAA Regional appearances as well as a trip to the NCAA Super Regionals in 2007.

In Anderson's first season at Tennessee, he helped lead the Volunteers to a five-win improvement in SEC play as the team won 12 conference games for the first time since 2014. Under Anderson's guidance, true freshmen pitchers Sean Hunley, Garrett Crochet and Chase Wallace had solid debut seasons. Hunley led the team with a 2.64 ERA and a 7-3 record after becoming the first freshman in program history to start a season 6-0. Crochet finished the year tied for second on the team in wins with five and was second in the team with 62 strikeouts while spending time as a starter and a reliever. Wallace was third on the team with a 2.86 ERA and led the team with three saves on the year.

Junior starter Will Neely also emerged as a consistent weekend starter for the Vols, going 4-2 while tying for the SEC lead with three complete games on the year. Neely pitched at least five innings in 12 of his 14 starts on the year and led the team with 83.2 innings pitched.

During Anderson’s first season at Oklahoma State, he led the Pokes to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2001. He guided OSU to the Big 12 Tournament Championship in 2004, its first in program history.

The 2006 season started an impressive three-year run for the Cowboys, as they posted three straight seasons of 41 or more victories. Anderson’s squad earned the No. 1 national seed in the NCAA Tournament that year, and in 2007 the program reached the NCAA Super Regionals.

Another successful season followed in 2008, with the Pokes climbing as high as No. 5 in the national rankings. Oklahoma State finished the season ranked all three years from 2006-08.

Before taking over in Stillwater, Anderson was the pitching coach on Augie Garrido’s staff at Texas for four years (2000-03). During his time in Austin, Anderson helped lead the Longhorns to three consecutive College World Series appearances (2001-03), and helped them win a national championship in 2002.

Other stops for Anderson included 10 years as an assistant at Texas Tech (1990-99), three seasons at Howard College (1987-89) and three years as an assistant at his alma mater, Emporia State (1983-85). In all, Anderson’s teams have advanced to 16 NCAA Tournaments, five NCAA Super Regionals and have made three trips to the College World Series.

Anderson has overseen some of the nation’s top pitching staffs during his 34-year coaching career. Most recently, Houston finished in the top-10 nationally in team earned run average during three of Anderson’s five seasons with the program. In all, Anderson’s teams finished among the top-25 in the country in ERA 11 times, including six top-10 rankings. The Cougars had the country’s lowest regular-season ERA (2.04) and WHIP (1.00) in 2014 while also tying a program record with 48 victories and making the postseason for the first time since 2008.

Anderson’s pitching staffs were equally as impressive in 2015 and 2016, leading the American Athletic Conference and ranking among the top-10 in ERA during both seasons. Houston finished the 2016 season with a 2.48 ERA, which ranked No. 2 in the country.

While at Texas, Anderson’s pitching staffs were a key factor in the program’s three consecutive trips to Omaha. The Longhorns led the Big 12 in team ERA during each of his four seasons and finished among the top five in the nation three times. Anderson’s staffs at Texas recorded sparkling team ERAs of 2.82 in 2002, 3.17 in 2001 and 3.30 in 2000, and also posted the program's best team ERA since 1983 (2.72) and the second-lowest ERA nationally in the 2002 campaign.

Anderson has mentored some of the nation’s top pitchers throughout his career. In 2017, he coached sophomore left-hander Trey Cumbie to AAC Pitcher of the Year honors. Cumbie led the conference with a 2.02 ERA in the regular season while posting a 9-1 record and was just selected by the Texas Rangers in the 38th round of the 2017 MLB Draft.

Junior left-hander Seth Romero was taken in the first round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the Washington Nationals with the 25th overall pick. Under Anderson’s guidance, Romero was named a first-team Freshman All-American by Baseball America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association (NCBWA) in 2015. Romero was also named the AAC Rookie of the Year and was invited to play for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.

In 2016, the Cougars had two pitchers selected in the eighth round of the MLB Draft, with Andrew Lantrip going 242nd overall to the Cleveland Indians and Nick Hernandez going 247th overall to the Houston Astros. Lantrip led the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio (16.80) during the 2016 season.

Anderson saw multiple members of his pitching staff taken in the 2015 MLB Draft, as right-handed pitchers Jake Lemoine and Patrick Weigel were drafted in the fourth and seventh rounds, respectively. Lemoine became the highest-drafted Cougar since 2009. Two more pitchers were selected on the final day of the draft, joining three position players, bringing Houston's total to eight.

In total, 15 pitchers were selected in the MLB Draft during Anderson’s tenure at Houston. He also had 27 pitchers drafted during his time at Oklahoma State, 15 selected while he was at Texas and 21 picked during his 10 seasons with Texas Tech, giving him a grand total of 78 pitchers drafted throughout his storied coaching career.

Anderson is a native of Grant, Nebraska, and earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Emporia State in 1983 before going on to attain his master’s degree from the school in 1985. Prior to attending ESU, Anderson played two seasons at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and was a junior college All-American at Mid-Plains Junior College in North Platte, Nebraska.

Anderson and his wife, Sandra, have two children: a son, Brett, who has spent 10 seasons as a pitcher in the Majors primarily with the Oakland Athletics, and a daughter, Katelyn.

JOSH ELANDER |ASSISTANT Coach / RECRUITING COORDINATOR

Josh Elander was named an assistant coach for the Volunteers in August of 2017 after spending one season as a volunteer assistant coach at Arkansas.

Elander works primarily with the team's hitters and catchers while also serving as Tennessee's recruiting coordinator.

"There are not many players that I have spent more hours in the batting cage with than Josh. His work ethic was a catalyst in making him a shining star as a player and in more recent years as a coach," Vols head coach Tony Vitello said.

"His abilities as a high school All-American allowed for him to live out a recruiting experience of the utmost intensity. In the weeks that he has relentlessly worked on the road, it's evident that his personal familiarity allows him to relate incredibly well to our prospects and their own personal process."

In his first season as a full-time assistant coach, Elander helped the Vols improve their offensive numbers across the board from 2017. UT saw increases in its season totals in runs, hits, home runs, extra-base hits, RBI, slugging percentage, walks and on-base percentage in 2018 despite losing their top two hitters from 2017. Tennessee increased its runs per game from 4.92 to 5.27 and scored six or more runs 25 times. The Vols also had 18 more extra-base hits than they did in 2017, including nine more home runs.

Prior to joining Vitello's staff at UT, Elander was part of an Arkansas team that went 45-19 and hosted an NCAA Regional in 2017. He helped lead one of the most potent offenses in the SEC as the Razorbacks led the conference and ranked ninth nationally with 83 home runs in 2017. The Hogs also ranked among the top three in the SEC in batting average, runs scored, RBI, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, triples and total bases. Elander played a large role in working with Arkansas' catchers and helped develop Grant Koch into a first team All-SEC selection. Koch also earned a spot on the USA Baseball Collegiate National team.

Prior to joining Arkansas' coaching staff in 2017, Elander spent the 2016 season as a student assistant at his alma mater TCU, where he was able to complete his degree in communications while helping the Horned Frogs reach their third consecutive College World Series. During his time at TCU, Elander helped mentor sophomore catcher Evan Skoug, who was a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award and was invited to join the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.

Elander had a decorated playing career himself during his time at TCU from 2010-12. He hit .333 with 39 doubles, seven triples, 18 home runs and 114 RBIs over 169 games during his three seasons in Fort Worth. Elander earned Freshman All-America honors from Louisville Slugger and Ping!Baseball in 2010 after batting .356 with 69 hits, 16 doubles, four triples, two home runs and 33 RBI in 59 games while helping TCU reach the College World Series.

After taking over as the Horned Frogs starting catcher as a sophomore, Elander earned a spot on the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. Under the guidance of Vitello, who was TCU's hitting coach from 2011-13, Elander started all 62 games and posted careers highs with 70 hits, 11 home runs and 43 RBIs en route to earning all-conference and Capital One Academic All-America honors in 2012.

Elander was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the sixth round of the 2012 MLB Draft and spent parts of four years in the Braves and Arizona Diamondbacks minor league systems before his career was cut short by injuries. Elander's best season came in 2013 when he was named the Atlanta Braves Minor League Player of the Year and also won the Atlanta Braves Hank Aaron Award, which is presented annually to the organization's top hitter in the minor leagues. During his professional career, Elander hit .273 with 21 homers and 135 RBIs through 222 games.

Elander is a native of Round Rock, Texas and earned his Bachelor's degree in communications from TCU in 2016. He lives in Knoxville with his wife, Brittany.

ross kivett |volunteer ASSISTANT Coach / camp coordinator

Tennessee head baseball coach Tony Vitello announced Ross Kivett as the team's volunteer assistant coach in August of 2017.

Kivett, an Ohio native, joined Vitello's staff following four seasons in the Detroit Tigers' minor league system. His main responsibilities include coaching the team's infielders while assisting with baserunning and hitting on top of serving as Tennessee's camp coordinator.

"Coach Kivett brings an elevated amount of intensity, energy, and experience to Tennessee Baseball," Vitello said. "He is without question one of the most intense individuals I've ever seen on a baseball field."

In his first season on Rocky Top, Kivett helped lead an offense that saw increases in its season totals in runs, hits, home runs, extra-base hits, RBI, slugging percentage, walks and on-base percentage in 2018 despite losing their top two hitters from 2017. Kivett also oversaw the transformation of shortstop Andre Lipcius, who transitioned to the position in 2018 after starting nearly every game at first base as a freshman in 2017. Despite a rough start to the year defensively, under Kivett's guidance, Lipcius committed only one error over the final 18 games of the season and finished the season as the team's leader in batting average (.315), home runs (seven), RBI (42) and total bases (96).

Kivett was an All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year for Kansas State in 2013 before being drafted by the Tigers in the sixth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. He went on to play 47 games with the Single A Connecticut Tigers in 2014, tallying 55 hits and 26 RBIs, before being assigned to the West Michigan Whitecaps where he collected 154 hits, 78 runs scored, 30 doubles and 57 RBI over two seasons (2014, 2015).

In 2016, Kivett played in 118 games for the Single A - Advanced Lakeland Flying Tigers. He recorded 93 hits, including 24 doubles, while being walked 70 times for a .328 on-base percentage. Kivett started 2017 with Lakeland, playing in 41 games, before being assigned to the Erie Seawolves in May. He went on to play in 25 games, notching 17 hits, 12 runs scored and four stolen bases. During his professional career, Kivett totaled 362 hits, 77 doubles, 147 RBI and 61 stolen bases.

While with the Tigers' organization, he played with former Vol Will Maddox in West Michigan and VFLs AJ Simcox and Christin Stewart in Erie.

Prior to the 2014 draft, Kivett saw time at five different positions for the Kansas State Wildcats.

During a breakout junior campaign, he led the Big 12 in hits (94) and runs (57) and finished second in stolen bases (26) and total bases (126). Following the 2013 season, Kivett was tabbed an All-American by three different outlets, earned Big 12 Player of the Year accolades, ABCA Midwest All-Region First Team honors and MVP of the NCAA Manhattan Regional. Kivett decided against turning pro after being drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 2013, and instead returned to Kansas State to play his final season of college baseball as well as earn his degree.

The All-American continued his stellar performance as a senior in 2014, becoming the first K-State player in nearly 17 years (the third in program history) to hit for the cycle when he achieved the feat on March 26 against Nebraska. Kivett cycled in reverse order, hitting a home run in the first, a triple in the second, a double in the third and a single in the sixth. He was named Big 12 Player of the Week following the series for the second time that season. Kivett capped off his career with ABCA Midwest All-Region and All-Big 12 Second Team honors. He also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 Team recognition.

Kivett finished ranked among the Wildcats' top-10 in multiple categories, including first in stolen bases (80), second in games played (225) and games started (215), tied for second in runs scored (181), third in hits (277), fifth in hit by pitch (31), tied for fifth in walks (108) and tied for seventh in triples (11). He also started in 207 consecutive games, the longest such streak in Kansas State history.

A 2014 graduate of Kansas State with a degree in communication studies, Kivett is the son of Mike and Mary Kivett and has two siblings, Juliana and Jake.

J.P. ARENCIBIA |STUDENT ASSISTANT Coach

Former Vol and Major League catcher J.P. Arencibia was tabbed Tennessee’s student assistant coach prior to the 2018 season.

Arencibia returned to the University of Tennessee to finish his undergraduate degree after 10 years in the professional baseball ranks, six of which were spent in the Majors.

The Miami native was taken with the 21st overall pick of the 2007 Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. He spent three years in the minors before making his debut on Aug. 7, 2010, in a game against the Tampa Bay Rays that became one to remember. Arencibia homered twice and finished with four hits, earning a standing ovation from the Rogers Centre crowd.

He became Toronto’s starting catcher in 2011 and held onto the position through 2013 before signing with the Texas Rangers as a free agent for the 2014 season. He notched 36 hits and 35 RBI while with the Rangers.

In 2015, Arencibia played a 24-game stint with the Tampa Bay Rays and recorded the best average of his career (.310). He went 22-for-71 and drove in 17 runs over that span.

He finished his MLB career with a .212 batting average, 80 home runs and 245 RBI over 466 games. In the minors, he hit .263 over 647 games, homered 135 times and drove in 445 runs. Arencibia earned 15 accolades including AL Player of the Week in May of 2012 and finished the 2011 season ranked 25th in triples among American League players.

In his first season as a player at Tennessee in 2005, Arencibia helped lead the Vols to their last College World Series appearance and finished the year ranked second on the squad in RBIs (71) and home runs (14) while ranking third in hits (91). By the end of the 67-game slate, Arencibia’s freshman stats placed him in UT’s single-season record book in multiple categories, including second in at-bats (283), tied for eighth in hits, tied for ninth in homers and sixth in RBI. The campaign also earned him Freshman All-America honors from Baseball America and Louisville Slugger, and the title of SEC Freshman of the Year. He earned additional postseason recognition when he was named to the SEC All-Tournament team and NCAA Knoxville Regional All-Tournament team.

Following his freshman season, Arencibia immediately joined the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team and proceeded to lead the elite club in hits (23), RBI (12), total bases (33) and slugging percentage (.579).

As the Vols’ starting catcher, he hit a career-high .352 during his sophomore season. Arencibia totaled 76 hits, 28 of which were extra-base knocks. He also recorded a career-high slugging percentage of .583 en route to driving in 52 runs. The stellar campaign earned him All-America accolades from Louisville Slugger and College Baseball Foundation.

During his final season on Rocky Top, Arencibia posted a .450 on-base percentage while tallying 63 hits and 42 RBI. He finished his UT career with a .333 batting average, 230 hits, 165 RBI and 145 scored runs through 174 games. Arencibia started all but one contest while at Tennessee and ranks among the top 10 all-time at UT in hits (seventh), doubles (seventh), home runs (sixth), RBIs (fourth) and total bases (third).

CHAD ZURCHER |director of operations

Heading into the 2019 season, Chad Zurcher enters his fourth year as the Tennessee Baseball team’s director of baseball operations.

Zurcher serves as a primary liaison between the University and the Vols Baseball program, while assisting the coaching staff in the day-to-day operations as well as coordinating offseason camps, events and community service outings for the team.

Prior to joining the Volunteers’ staff, Zurcher coached youth teams and scheduled practices at the Ranger Baseball Institute in Knoxville, Tenn., after retiring from a minor league playing career. Over the past 10 years, he has also assisted and supervised preparations for events at the University of Tennessee athletic facilities.

In 2011, Zurcher was selected in the 31st round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Mets out of the University of Memphis. He went on to play 88 career games over two minor league seasons, maintaining a combined .279 average between New York’s Rookie Kingsport Mets and Class A Savannah Sand Gnats.

Zurcher earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Memphis in 2011 and went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Sport Administration from Liberty University in 2014.

“I went to Memphis and really enjoyed my time there,” Zurcher added. “I went there and got to play Minor League baseball but to be back in Knoxville and work for the Vols is a dream come true.”

TODD HELTON |DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

The Tennessee baseball program announced that former Tennessee All-American and Major League Baseball veteran Todd Helton would join the baseball staff as the director of player development on January 27, 2017.

In his new volunteer role, Helton is responsible for maintaining alumni relations, assisting with on-campus recruiting, collaborating with UT's coaching staff and helping Tennessee's current players make informed decisions about pursuing professional baseball careers.

“After spending three years at Tennessee and 17 years in the Major Leagues with the Colorado Rockies, I really wanted to give back to this program any way that I can," Helton said.

At the time of his retirement in 2013, Helton held Rockies career records for games played (2,247), runs (1,401), hits (2,519), doubles (592), home runs (369), RBI (1,406), walks (1,335) and extra-base hits (998). He also ranked 16th all-time among Major League players in doubles (592), 19th in OPS (.953), 35th in walks (1,335) and 37th in extra-base hits (998). On Aug. 7, 2014, Helton became the first player in Rockies history to have his jersey No. 17 retired at Coors Field.

In 1995, Helton was selected in the first round (eighth overall) of the First-Year Player Draft out of Tennessee and went on to make his Major League debut just two years later on Aug. 2, 1997. During his first professional season in 1996, he combined to hit .336 with 131 hits, nine homers and 64 RBI over 114 games between Double A New Haven and Triple A Colorado Springs.

As a junior with the Tennessee Volunteers in 1995, Helton hit at a .407 clip while leading the league in home runs (20), RBI (92), runs (86), doubles (27), hits (105), walks (61), slugging percentage (.775) and on-base percentage (.522). He also led the conference with a 1.66 ERA while compiling an 8-2 record with 12 saves.

The 1995 National Collegiate Player of the Year received the Dick Howser Award from USA Today/Baseball Weekly, Baseball America's National Player of the Year Award, Collegiate Baseball's Co-National Player of the Year and the Southeastern Conference's Male Athlete of the Year Award that season. By doing so, he became just the second baseball player to receive the SEC award, while the two-time First Team All-American was also a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award in 1995.

Helton was a consensus Freshman All-American, First Team All-SEC and Third Team All-American in 1993. The honors continued to roll in 1994 as he earned All-America honors by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball.

The Tennessee native helped guide the Vols to three straight NCAA Regional appearances, including a third-place finish at the 1995 College World Series. He was twice named to the NCAA All-Tournament team and earned a complete-game pitching victory over Clemson in the first round of the College World Series. Helton holds numerous school hitting records and the SEC's mark for consecutive scoreless innings pitched with 47.2 in 1994.

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